Mark Henry on SiriusXM’s new 24/7 Wrestling Channel and Sean Grande on calling the Amanda Serrano-Katie Taylor bout for Netflix

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Audacy

News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Episode 525 of the Sports Media Podcast features two guests. First up is Mark Henry, the former WWE performer, U.S. Olympic weightlifter, and now one of the hosts on SiriusXM’s “Busted Open,” the daily wrestling show. In this podcast Henry discusses SiriusXM announcing last week the launch of its first ever 24/7 channel dedicated to the world of professional wrestling, Pro Wrestling Nation 24/7; why an audio channel covering pro wrestling 24 hours a day, seven days a week exists; how he navigates between discussing athletic scripted entertainment with the business of pro wrestling; why pro wrestling content has exploded; his son, Jacob Henry, a Oklahoma football player and wrestler who signed as a WWE NIL athlete; working in Canada, and more. Henry is followed by Sean Grande, the longtime voice for the Boston Celtics who will serve as the boxing play by play voice for Netflix’s all-women card on July 11 from Madison Square Garden. That card includes the third meeting between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano. Grande discusses how he got the Netflix assignment; how he approaches is boxing calls; working with Seniesa Estrada and Laila Ali on the commentary team; what Netflix has been like as an employer; what it might be like calling the Celtics this year and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sports Media Podcast.
0:14.5	I'm your host, Richard Dodge.
0:15.3	My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
0:17.0	Two guests on this episode.
0:19.1	I enjoyed both of these conversations very, very much.
0:23.1	We're going to start with Mark Henry.
0:24.9	If you're a wrestling fan, you certainly know that name.
0:27.7	He has had a remarkable career in sports and sports entertainment,
0:31.1	a long-time run with the WWE.
0:34.2	Prior to that, competed in the 1992 Olympics and 96 Olympics in weightlifting.
0:38.8	So he was an Olympian
0:40.5	who went into
0:41.4	WWE.
0:42.8	And after this,
0:44.3	you know,
0:44.7	remarkable career
0:45.7	as an active participant,
0:48.3	he's gone on
0:49.0	to be one of the
0:50.4	noted hosts
0:51.5	of wrestling
0:53.2	on Sirius XM.
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